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A model for writing Puppet Modules

Mark — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:14:45 +0000

There are too many Puppet Modules out there that suck, says Tim Sharpe. I think he may have a point actually. Writing decent Puppet modules isn’t something that occurs naturally – it’s pretty easy to write a module that does …

Perl WWW::Mechanize test fails – odd address for HTML::Daemon->new(LocalAddr =>)

Mark — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:23:22 +0000

This has me scratching my head. UPDATE: I can explain it! It’s Apple braindeadedness. It would appear that something changed with Lion, maybe even as recent as 10.7.2 Host lookups go to DNS first, then to /etc/hosts. And it would …

JumpStart, sysidcfg, and the mystery of enabling network/nis/client

Mark — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:30:46 +0000

Came across an intriguing problem today. Whilst trying to develop a generic Solaris PXE boot solution for x86 Solaris installs I was having a problem with enabling NIS post install. Having chosen to use a very stripped out sysidcfg, with …

OpenSolaris 2009.06 AI install with ISC DHCPd

Mark — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:48:31 +0000

I’ve been looking at OpenSolaris a lot more of late, and in particular I’ve been trying to work with AI, the Automated Installer. AI replaces what we’ve all come to know and love, JumpStart. There are a couple of issues …